Stark contrast to most of the country now facing a new surge. Roughly 38 states have experienced a 10 increase over the last seven days of total number of cases. This is that dreaded third wave that some had projected for california. But with due diligence, that third wave hasnt couple. Good evening. Im ama daetz. And im dion lim. The bay area is also doing well. Abc7 news News Reporter stephanie sierra joins us live to break down the latest totals. Stephanie . Dion, 25,000 cases were reported nationwide each day. Now that daily average has doubled to 50,000 cases. Even though california isnt seeing as much of a spike, the governor was quick to point out today we could be there soon. A third wave of covid19 is moving quickly and broadly across the u. S. , but if you look closely at california, the r effective number, or rate of spread, shows it has declined slightly to 0. 96. In other words, it is considered stable. Epidemiologist george weatherford. We decreased the effective reproduc
Votes, and tonight, theres a reason joe biden and President Trump are visiting pennsylvania. Why that state is so crucial this time. Also tonight, well take you through the scenarios. What happens if President Trump wins florida, whats his path from there . And what happens if joe biden wins florida . What we could know early and what could spell a very long Election Night, a very long election week ahead. The backdrop of this election, the coronavirus here in the u. S. Tonight, cases surging in 47 states, including battlegrounds. The president will land in wisconsin tonight, where just today, they hit a sevenday high in cases. The president repeatedly saying, were rounding the corner. But tonight, dr. Faucis blunt warning, quote, were in for a whole lot of hurt. The possible terror attack overseas. Images coming in at this hour. Gunmen opening fire at six locations. And back here at home tonight, the volunteers across america, guiding voters at the polls in this pandemic, in this hist
For a safe and secure future, this is abc 7 news. Well begin tonight with what happened after a simple request to wear a mask. Good evening. Thank you for joining us. And im dione lynn. This come is sharing this story to protect her family. In this story, you will see only on abc 7. Its really unacceptable to feel fear in your own home neighborhood. Reporter that fear is exactly the reason she is choosing only to use her first name in sharing the story behind this racist letter. It just basically says i wear my mask if i want, f word, asian. You create the virus. Reporter it all began with a walk with her twin infant girls when she spotted a man near by. He wasnt wearing a max. I asked when he came into ear shot that he wear a mask. Reporter what happened next was the beginning of a nightmare. He locked eyes with me and immediately started charging up the hill at me. Reporter she ran into her home terrified. Her husband then scared the man away. He came rushing out because he heard the
Reporter yeah, hi, kristen. Were actually at Harvest Park Middle School here in pleasanton. This scene behind me really pretty typical of what weve seen all day at several different polling locations. It looks like its slow, but theres actually been a steady stream of folks mostly dropping off their mailin ballots. Some activity inside. But the fact that it looks kind of slow is really no indication of how busy it is in terms of people getting out to vote early. Lets have you take your ballot card, please. Reporter call it lastminute early voting. Yet another new phenomenon around the historic election of 2020. An election where in the east bay 60 plus of the electorate has already cast their ballots with still a little more than 24 hours to go. Once the word got out they could come into the warriors old training facility, we got a lot more people. Like to take pictures of things they see and live their memories. So thats nice. But the best part is its bringing people in to vote. Repor
Abc 7 News Reporter stephanie sierra is live with some battleground on each of those doctors. And stephanie what they bring to the table. Reporter yes, dan, its a big deal to see not one but three highly respected doctors from ucsf represented on this board. All of them bring a wide range of expertise to this team, highlighting the bay areas success responding to the pandemic. The Biden Administration making a strong first step to building a National Strategy to fight the pandemic. Appointing a 13member covid19 Advisory Board comprised of Public Health experts across the country. Theres so much good work happening at state and local levels across the country, governors, mayors, theyre stepping up. The Advisory Board will listen and learn lessons from their experience. Reporter the experience coming from the bay area, includes ucsf david kessler, dr. Robert rodriguez and eric goosby. Bob wachter has worked with each of them personally. The three people that have been chosen bring very d